The Friendly Islands Human Rights and Democracy Movement (FIHRDM) annoyed that independent MPs helped elect a noble as prime minister ran a full-page advertisement in the Kele'a newspaper on 5 January 2011titled "Nobles are smarter in Politics." Initially it labled the independents as "non-independents" and "drifters" in paragraph 1. In paragraph 2 it started with "drifters" then" those dear ones with sleep in their eyes" then it is "like they say in America 'thankfully they have got a miko'." Miko is a term that Tongans in the US use in reference to Hispanics, principally Mexicans; it is probably an abbreviation of amigo. It went on, "clearly the drifters are truly mikos of the nobles; whenever they want cool refreshments then the mikos are summoned; if they want to be comforted, again the mikos are summoned." Miko is mentioned one more time in paragraph 2; three times in paragraph 3, and twice more in paragraph 4; all in the context of being stupid and servile. The FIHRDM is funded from New Zealand by the Christian World Service to promote, believe it or not, human rights in Tonga. The owner of the Kele'a newspaper is Mr. Po'oi Pohiva who is also the director of the FIHRDM.
The office-holders of the FIHRDM are as follows:
Chairman : Rev. Simote Vea [an ordained minister of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga]
Secretary : Mr. 'Akilisi Pohiva [a populist politician]
Director : Mr. Po'oi Pohiva [son of 'Akilisi Pohiva]
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